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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-05
THE GREAT SOUTH.

The State Ledger says, from prl-
.o letter from one Of the most prom
,'an, Wv" men of the State we take the
",,nvirg encouraging words: ~ am
'.,'n,ossed .D with the irresistible con-
',nsiop that a bright day is just ahead
,rns in The South; that our natural
.dvautagcs, so long known to our
solves, are now being Recognized by
.,hors. that the immigration so long
,oiog Westward is now starting
Southward, and now Mississippi and
other Southern lands will be in great
demand. The United States really
row has no land at one dollar and
twenty-five cents an ocre. The lands
IN tbe West are higher priced than
our Southern lalids, Our splendid
climate and already organized social
mbric, good laws, schools, etc., pre-
sent inducements not visible or exist
Inc In the Northwest. If our people
are not carried away with speculative
rrices, our State will soon be filed up
with substantial citizens, from the
North, having means to pay cash for
our surplus lands, The conservative
oIasses at the North, as among our
own people, are afraid of such specu-
latlye booms as are springing up in
Alabama and elsewhere. Yet all this
Is advertising us to this conservative
class, desiring to locate South and
avoid the rigors Of the i orthern win
ters. An excursion of fifteen or twen-
ty capitalists have just visited thfs1
section of the State. This is one fl
several, and Of many more to come in
the near future. ! have no doubtin
my own mind, that in the next few
years, our State will be filled up with |
The most desirable class of imni- |
rants. | am exerting every effort to
EDUCATE our boys and people, as far as
am able, for this event. 1t is gMng
o take most of our people by FUR
rise, but it is certainly near at hand.
'he capitalists and the railroads see
t, All wide awake people see it, not
outstanding the croakers; and my
,ar has been and is now, the lack of
reparation for it,among our country
eople,n
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-05

BEATTY'S PIANOS-ln use every
where. Write for catalogue. Address
Dah'1: +: Beatty, Washlhgtofi' MI
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-05
people,

In the City OF Ashville, n. G., con
siderable eXcitemnt has recently
been caused by the appearance of {
monstrosity which has iust'emergeo
from the obscurty of the mountains
a man thirty-two years Of age, SIX
feet six inches tall, without hair on
his body. Such is Terry Shelton
A dispatch from Ashville says: Ten
years ago Shelton had d heavy beard
and long black hair, of which he was
especially proud. In the autum of
loI7 be was tried for the murder Of
his brother at Murphy, the county
seat of Cherokee. From Col. A. 7.
Davis, the Nestor of the bar of West
ern North Carolina, and one of the
most prominent members of his pro-
fession, are gathered some of the
facts in this unfortunate's sad story.
The prisoner one morning before the
trial caile on sent for his counsel and
told them of q remarkable dream he
had first had the night before. He
said his dead brother had appeared
to him and told him that he would
be acquitted, but that shortly after
ward he would lose his hair and
beard as mark set upon him for his
crime. Suggestions to the prisoner
were made in regard to being quiet
and free from excitement rs far ms
possible, and, forgetting the visions,
The attorneys returned to the court
room. When day or two since Col.
Davidson met the unfortunate man
without hair upon his person he saw
terrible realization of the dream in
jail ten years ago. Shortly after
Sheiton's trial and acquittal his hair
began dropping out and continued
without pain to do so until his hair
and beard were all gone. His skin is
as soft and smooth as an infants.
Ills general health seems excellent,
ana he shows no indisposition to
SHOW himself and to pose as the mod
efn Cain. He Is of the firm belief
mat 1t is punishment sent upon
MIN for the staying of his brother.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-05

capt. VIM. Sinclair, of the British
steamship Acuba, died IN Baltimore
friday last, aged forty-five. Capt.
Sinclair Was a native of Sctland, but
resided in Sunderland, England,
where his vessel belonged. He had
oeen master in the British mercan-
'lie marine for many years.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16
The CrescenfCluh.

The fifth dance Of the Crescent clubs series
was given at Malcolm's hall Thursday even
ing. The music was good, the floor in good
condition and the young people were all happy
and enjoyed dancing, so the party was a
success.
The club is composed of the following gen.
tlemen: George J. Donovan, president; NJ.
j. Mccain, secretary; NJ. H. Gavin, treas
urer; Ed Moran, j. f. Kennedy, James Len
non, ]. J. King, George Kane, D. Quinn, j.
Sherin, Frank Saterlee, E. N. Young, James
Crosson, Fl. S. Barrette. NJ. C. Foley, Will
Sayer, s. H. Walsh. S. Killiher, NJ. H. Gavin,
W. l.. Welsh. NJ. Sherin, J. O'Brien, Jay
Bachelor, j. c. Quinn, NJ. J. Linehan, D. W.
Woolsei. T. B. Hayes.
The lady guests on Thursday evening were
the Misses Cutter, the Misses Healey, Misses
Neagle. Callahan, Keller, Hamilton, Keller,
Flanagan, Carlson, Robb, Cavenaugh, c ial-
mers, Kerkow, Conroy, Hart Henderson, Nc
Carty. Peterson and Cross.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16

ing OF opening decorative art studio here
! She is at present the guest of friends in this
| city, her home being in Fargo.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Haynes of Lewis
Ton, Ill, are soJourning with friends in the
! Twin Cities. They will also visit Winnipeg
/ and Bismarck before returning home.
Miss Carrie Bartlett, formerly prominent
newspaper writer of this city. but now p aston
| OF the Unitarian church at Sioux Falls, has
been in the city during the week.
| The family of George O. Wilson is enter
tanning two Iowa ladies, Mrs. Andrew Wilson,
Moines.
Mrs. Della Clark who has been the guest of
| relatives in the city, left for her home at FL
bert. KY, last Tuesday
Miss Lizzie Anderson. of Fulton ILL.,, is the
guest of Henry Anderson and mother, on
Fourth avenue south.
Mrs. Sophia Morgan, of Seventh street
south, IS entertaining Mrs. Charles T. Nor
| gan, of st. Louis
Mrs. Walter Martin and family, of Chilli
eothe, o., are guests at the home of John C.
! Martin.
Misses Stella and Fannie Gilbert, of New
/ Albany. Ind, are visiting friends in the twin
| cities.
The Misses Laura aud Efie scripps, of San
| Nash.
! Mrs. I. N. James and her baby girl of
Bushnell, Ill.,, are visiting relatives in the
| city.
Miss Mamie Goodwin of Elizabeth, N. j.
a brilliant young pianiste, is visiting in the
city.
Miss Jennie Faniman, of Jackson, Mich, is
the guest of friends in the city.
Mrs. T. w. StickneY is entertaining Miss
! Cora Allen, of Lewiston, Me. =;
Miss E. j. Wllmot Of Council Bluffs, is Wis
iting friends in the city
Miss Addie Hill, of Chicago, is in the city
! visiting friends
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16
Gone AWAY.

a large party of Minneapolitans started for
california via Albert Lea route Tuesday even.
ing. They go first TO Kansas City, where they
take the Santa Fe route, and thence by the
Southern Pacific to the pleasant climate of
Los Angeles, in which region they will remain
until warmer weather calls them home. Fol-
lowing are the members of the party: Mr..
and Mrs. D. G. Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Lee,
Mrs. A. B. Nettleton and daughter, and Mrs.
Thurber, Rev. and Mrs. E. 5. Williams and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. John Ludlum, Mr..
and Mrs. f. P. Stacey, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Everett and dang hter. Mr.. and Mrs.
c. NJ Loring, MIR. and Mrs. William Moran.
Mr.. and M $. G. A. Bracket and Mrs. w. N.
Brac kett, Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Snyder and
daughter and Mrs. Frank Snyder, Mr.. and
Mrs. 0. A. Pray. Mr.. and Mrs. L. s. Gillette,
MIR. and Mrs. j. S. Corbett, Mr.. and Mrs. Re-
nlaley and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Eliel
Mrs. j. NJ. Robinson and daughter, Mrs. Pull
ford, Mrs. RObedeau and daughter Mrs
Charles Hoyt. Miss Cool, Miss Bachelor and
Messrs. d. P. Shipman, Charles Robinson,
William Pnllord, G. S. Batcheder, w. Carver,
H. j. krewson. j. Tiffany, Huff, Ed Moore
and S. D. Morrison.
Cavone Langdon, c. B. Eustis, Maj.and Mrs.
Charles Ruae, Miss Buxton and Miss Wymau
left the city for European tour last Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Shea are off to the East
Boston. New York and Philadelphia will be
visited before they return.
Aid. Downs expects to make an Eastern
trip with his family in the near future.
Miss Maggie Howe returned to her home il.
Lltchfield Tuesday.
Manager Conklin, of the Grand. was in Chi
cage last week.
G. C. Dunn has gone to Milwaukee.
j. L. Wyman is in New York.
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tenner he has had in months. Into the in
exorable and capaeious NAV of the man.
ayers go at least eight in every ten deals
made, while commissions gradually eat out
the winnings of one of the other two. A
system of false pointers has often been
worked to beat the unwary, but in most of
the Minneapolis rooms this is not known.
Private wires also frequently convey move
ments of the market to the managers in
advance of the tickers, and they are gov
erned accordingly. For instance, this pri-
vate wire says jump may be expected
momentarily in Lackawanna. A specu-
lator wants to buy Lackawanna, and is told
he must wait until the next quotation comes.
Presently the ticker tells of the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16
The Mikado Masquerade.

Besides the members of the Mikado club, a
great many visitors were ut Malcolms acad-
envy Wednesday night, it being the occasion
of the clubs masquerade party. The usual
variety of maskers was present,but the comic
costumes lar outnumbered the elegant ones
and the result was good deal of fun. AT 10
o'clock masks were removed and many were
the surprises. There was something incon-
wear mustache and side-whiskers, but the
hirsute appendages were decidedly more in
accordance with the physique of the wearer
than the skirts. a delightful evening was
spent by all present Cards were provided
in the parlors for those who did not dance.
The floor managers. to whom much of the
success of the evening, is due, We're Messrs
] Fred Smith,J. w. Fields, Ed B. Clements
and W. II. Iacnhy.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16
Weddings,


Nordin hall was the scene of a brilliant
Scandinavian wedding reception last Tuesday
evening. Over a hundred guests had assem-
bed to congratulate Mr.. and Mrs. Claes L.
Gisslow., who had been married in the after
noon bvtthe Rev Peterson. Mrs Gisslow
was Amanda A. Hiehn and is great favor
ite among her friends. The reception was
held in the parlor, and a wedding feast was
spread in the hall adjoining. great many
beautiful presents testified to the friendship
and good wishes of the guests. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gisslow will reside at 2fS East Grant street.
A family gathering witnessed the marriage
of Miss Gertrude White. daughter of W. H.
White, and w. A. Benton, of Madelia, Mimi,
Thursday afternoon. The. ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. S. NJ. Campbell of the Park
Avenue Presbyterian church. at the brides
home, Is. West Fourteenth street. Earnest
congratulations will follow the young bride to
her new home, where her husband is highly
respected business man.
Charles Expert and Mary Donovan were
married on Tuesday at the church of the I'm
maculate Conception by Rev. Father COrbett
Mr.. and Mrs. Expert have gone East on a
wedding tour.
c. \. Nimocks, formerly engaged in jour
nalistic work in this city, was married on the
18th inst. to Miss Jean Root at her home in
Coldwater, Mich.
Capt. J. W. George and Mrs L. A. Hancock
were married by Rev. J. j. Hall last Tuesday
evening. The wedding was private.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16

bucket shops. These
reports are supposed to
be entirely accurate
and form the basis for
the business carried
on. This business is
known as IDEALS, "
and a man makes a
deal when he makes a
speculation. For eX.
ample, a man con.
ceives the idea that
New York Central
will rico ond ba b,1rc
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itiiIee, 90 plCNtlCtOu,
was unable to
take advantage of it.
1t CHANGED that a
ticker got out of
order an d quota
tons were about
three minutes late in
that stock room. An
operator got on to it
and found he could
get certain quota
tons earlier at an
o tn er place. II e
slyly flew from one
place to another and
after stocks had adj
vanced at the first
place he beat the be-
lated news at the
other, bought that
stock and made a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16

dustriously flying POSTING QUOTATIONS.
about. with sharp chalk crayons, posting
the quotations as rapidly as received. The
other contents Of the room may be briefly
noted. There is the ticker" or tele-
graphic enunciator, which clicks off the
quotations as rapidly as sent out from head
quarters There is the office, occupied by
the manager, with whom the deals are
made. and there are seats, or benches, oc-
cupied by the spectators and spectators,
and usually the latter are the former. 1t is
supposed that all stock rooms get quota
tions simultaneously. In Chicago and New
York. as rapidly as deals are made. by
which the market is gagged, they are sent
out by telegraph to St. Louis and there put
on the ticker system, which at the same
time clicks out the announcements in all
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16


SO worth. He deposits $40 with the OPP
orator and announces that he buys New
York Central. An entry is made and he
gets q receipt for ten shares. at the price
then quoted, say S1.21, 81 q share being
required for margin. If the next quotation
shows this stock at $1,000, or fall of Il
of cent he is ''froze out" loses his
money, and the entry is scratched out. If
the quotation is S1.214, he is what is
called flat" that is to say, the advance
has just paid the commission of u and he
is even. He can then ''close the deaF' and
get the original SO back. If the quota
ton should be $1.221l, he has just doubled
his money, getting out $50 for the $40 he
has invested. He may still continue the
deal, winning $40 for every advance of l
cent, or one point, thereafter. In stock
deals q cent decline freezes out the specu-
lator. but if he should note the market
and, before the decline has reached q.
should cover his losses by another deposit,
he has then a margin of one point decline,
and should the stock then raise. he has the
benefit of the entire sum he has invested.
In dealing in wheat, or other grain, a
margin of l cent is demanded, but LOCO
bushels, or SO worth. is the minimum deal
allowed. The commission charged is Is
and an advance of q is therefore necessary
to make the Spectator flat" For instance.
wheat is quoted at 6555 when the Spectator
buys $40 worth. The next quotation is 65;
this compels him to cover by another de-
post of $40 on margins. after which he
gets one point leeway and is not ''froze out"
until wheat reaches "a. If it should go to
644 he must put up again, and so on until
the market RECEIVERS or he lets go. If it
should get back to 655a, where he started,
he oOuld close the deal and pat hack all Of
his money, less the q commission, or could
hold on and begin to win as soon as
the quotation passed 65$l, winning double
for every point gained. In pork deals S25
is the minimum and the commission is Is,
requiring rise of 215 cents to be fiat
Other commodities are handled in the same
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Uhis. and Euchre.

Miss Lillian Stoddard entertained the Star
Whist club on Friday evening. This is one
of the many clubs Of the city in which young
folks and married people compose eongenial
membership
Miss Nellie Ware gave whist party to
about thirty of her young friends on Monday
evening, Refreshments were served and the
evening was a pleasant one to all present.
The Qu1d Est Euchre club met at the home
of Miss Thomas last Wednesday evening. The
prize winners were Misses Langdon and Paus
and Messrs. Tiffany and Nesbitt.
MIR. and Mrs. j. f. Calhoun entertained a
number of friends Wednesday evening at
their home. go Tenth streeth south Progress
sive euchre was the amusement
The City's Visitors.
Miss May Stevens. a clever young artist,
who has spent some time in Boston, is think
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This is a brief eX-
PLANTATION of the mys-
teries of the stock room,
when carried on square
ly. 1t is said to be sim
gular, that while there
is just one chance to
win and one to lose, the
operator loses nine times
in ten. Thousands of
persons, of all ages,
grades and conditions,
patronize the buckets.
and one frequently
hears reports of big
winnings, but the talk
is usually the vaporing
of some would-be Jay
Gould who lost, in st.
IL.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16
Dancing Parties.

Mechanics hall was the scene of several
dancing parties last week. The first and the
most elegant was the german given Tuesday
evening under the management OF j. NJ.
Lawrence and others. About forty couples
were present representing the best social
circles of the city. The committees were
carefully solicitous for the welfare and hap
piness of their guests, and the party was in
every way a success. Messrs. Fred Goodwin,
Arthur Barnard and Harry V. Ball acted as a
committee of Introduction, and Messrs Harry
NJ Lawrence, c. S. Parmlee. Bert Robinson
and H. e. Wood had charge of the floor.
The masquerade ball given by Dudley P.
Chase post, G. A. R., on Tuesday evening last
at No. 2 Central avenue, was a great success.
The members of Dudley Chase post and their
lady friends can always be depended upon
for good time, but when to ordinary socia-
bility is added the mystery of the mask, the
fun is great and everyone. maskers especially,
makes the most of it. Miss Belle Speed as
Topsy, and Mrs. s. Goudy as Pocohontas,
were awarded prizes for the excellence of
their costumes. Many beautiful and comic
representations were among the maskerS.
Prof. Lester gave jolly masquerade dane
ing party to his classes at Window hall last
Tuesday evening. Everyone present recalls
the evening as one full of fun from the grand
march to Home Sweet Home
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16
BUCKET SHOP BULLS.
Scenes Among the Stock and Wheat
Rooms That Flourish in
Minneapolis :.
Bears and Bulls of the Bucket Shop, and
the Methods by Which Deals
are Made.
Bob KeIIyss Famous Dispatch, But the
Boys Declined Lackawanna
With Thanks.
rThe City Infatuated With This Re-
spectacle Gambling Even
Preachers Do 1t.
'T@ VERYBODY buy Lack

merry Christmas"
This was the message
that licked plerrily over
the wires, just before
Christmas. 1t was dated
at New York, signed by
r. L. Kelly. and was
read in nearly every
stock room in the city.
1t is only necessary to
add that del. q Lack. "
fell off IA points in the
next three days, and if
anybody followed the
sage advice of the la
mented Robert. he turned
his pockets inside out and
was broke on Christmas
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16

few win and the many
put up the money.
There are tricks and
turns that catch the
novice. but the straight
game is sure to sooner
or later pull down the
veteran. A certain
wv ashington avenue
small dealer recently
"got a pointer" and won
$40 or pork. Ii crazed
him and convinced him
that he was a born spec
ulator. With visions of
Phil Armour in his head
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16

took lien on a front row chair in bucket
shop. A month afterward he left the city
on foot.
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ing in margins is a
species of mania
which is quite wide
spread. 1t ramities
society in every
branch to such an
extent that a shrewd-
ly managed bucket
shop is a gold MINE
to its owners. Even
the good will occa-
siOnally make a little
venture in wheat. and
it is generally known
that a minister in
Minneapolis expert
enced the fascina-
ton, to which he
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-16

The Gypsy Baron is by Strauss. author OF
Merry War, Beggar Students, etc.
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advance in Lackawanp

WHAT'S THIS! THREE handsome winning.
POINTS! There was once, also.
when one line of telegraph brought to the
chamber of commerce certain quotations
from Chicago six minutes ahead of the
other line, which furnished the tickers.
Two men arranged a system of signals from
a window at the chamber, by which con-
federate. down Third street. was told of
the advance or decline of stocks. He ap-
piled his earlier knowledge to deals in
neighboring stock room and had nearly
broken them. when the method was dis
covered.
Who speculates in Minneapolis? 1t
would he easier IN foil WIN dn not DaaI.
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ties, the market Tor.
which is supposed
TO fuctuate. Under
each name is a row
of figures, showing
she quotations of
prices on each, sup
posed to have been
received direct from
headQuarters-from
Chicago on grain or
from New York Oh
wheat. One or more
young linen, as the
ooca NOV ho ora in
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in Minneapolis? 1t
II who do not. Deal.

Yielded until he was THE USUAL REsULT.
$40. 600 the poorer for his weakness. 1t is
genteel gambling, just as membership in
stock pYrh3OpP is hla uoniOu Tho
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day. It's not presumlng upon the ignorance
OF anybody particularly. to say that the term
bucket shop is only partially or dimly
understood, by most of the jewellers within
the fair city OF Minneapolis. although the
aforesaid city of Minneapolis contains nu-
merous of those respectable gambling rooms.
They are really the chambers of commerce,
the boards of trade and the stock exchanges
of the country on a small scale-simply
those gigantic gaming halls reduced in scale
and scope for the benefit of the small oper-
ator. Only the man of means can operate
on the floor of an exchange and gamble on
the chances of the market, but the bucket
shop is open to the man who can scrape to-
gether SO. which is the smallest sum that
may be entered for a deal. The tenn
bucket shop" originated in Chicago and
was used to cOntradistinguish the small
stock rooms, where a man OF contracted
purse might dabble to the extent of a
bucketful. The gentle reader is invited
into one of these stock rooms. in Minneap-
oils, lured by the seductive voice of the pro-
prietor, sweetly conveying the informa-
ton
Buy New York Central. Increased
earnings shown"
Conspicuous in the room is the immense
blackboard which covers the wall. and is
itself covered with lines and spaces. appro-
priately headed. This one is wheat and the
other is stocks, While still others are
labeled pork, corn, lard and other commodi-
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his pockets inside out and
WAS broke Oh Christmas